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TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordTimothy James Cottrell, of Wellington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Wellington, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 39
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JRSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN KENNY HILLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 37
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 41
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 43
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Wellington
- KENNETH CHARLES MARLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- DAVIS ALLEN JONESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · March 12, 1968
- SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · October 4, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.